Garment bag magazine dispenser with garment support suspended underneath



Feb. 14, 1950 AFC. JOHNSTON 2,497,263

GARMENT BAG MAGAZINE DISPENSER WITH GARMENT SUPPORT SUSPENDED UNDERNEATH Original Filed Dec. 4, 1944 Patented Feb. 14, 1950 GARMENT BAG MAGAZINE DISPENSER WITH GARMENT SUPPORT SUSPENDED UNDERNEATH Arthur 0. Johnston, Minneapolis, Minn. Original application December 4, 1944, Serial No.

566,626. Divided and this application Decemher 4, 1947, Serial No. 789,687

3 Claims. 1

My invention relates to a novel method of and apparatus for the bagging of garments and is in the nature of a division of my copending application S. N. 566,626, which will mature into Patent No. 2,432,524 of date December 16, 1947 and which is entitled Accordion folded paper garment bag.

As pointed out in my said above-identified application, the novel bag therein disclosed and claimed is capable of being utilized without any particular dispensing apparatus. However, one of the primary objects of my present invention is to provide a novel apparatus to facilitate the use of the bags therein claimed.

Another important object of my invention is the provision of a novel method of bagging garments for shipment or storage after they have been cleaned and/or pressed.

Another object of my invention is the provision of novel apparatus for dispensing bags of the type disclosed in said above-identified copending application, which is inexpensive to manufacture, easy to install, easy to operate, and durable in use.

tached drawings.

Referring to the drawings, wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views:

Fig. 1 is a view partly in front elevation, partly in central vertical section;

Fig. 2 is a view partly in side elevation and ly in central vertical section;

Fig. 3 is a partial vertical section taken on line 3-3 of Fi 1;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a folded bag;

Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4 as indicated by the arrows;

Fig. 6 is a vertical section taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 4 as indicated by the arrows; and

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a hanger supporting member used.

Referring with greater particularity to the drawings, a container is indicated, in its entirety, by the numeral I0. While this container may be variously formed, in the embodiment of the invention illustrated, it is shown of generally rectangular form in plan or horizontal cross section. The container III may be open at its top and, as shown, is provided with a lid Illa. The longer sides of the container Ill are formed at their bottom edges to provide inwardly-projecting flanges I01), and the bottom of the container III partis open between the inner edges of said flanges. At its ends, the container I0 is provided with slots I00 having open lower ends and being disposed centrally of the ends of said container. An elongated slot Illd is provided in the lid IIla and extends longitudinally of the container III. The container IIJ may be supported at a convenient height in any suitable manner, but, preferably and as shown, I provide a board or plate I I secured thereto to which is secured a laterally-extending supporting member I2. Member I2 can be a part of a bracket attached to the wall or supported from the floor.

The container I0 is adapted to receive a plurality of bags I3 which, as shown, are in comparatively fiat folded condition. While said bags could be folded in various ways to be in a readily longitudinally expansible or extensible condition, they are illustrated as formed with transverse accordion-like folds I3a at their opposed sides which extend around the girth of the bags I3. The open ends of the bags I3 are directed downwardly and are thus at the lower side of the bags. Said bags I3 are shown as having elongated slots I3b through their closed ends, and, as shown, are of generally rectangular form with the sides thereof parallel to the edges of the bag bottom. It will be observed that the opposed inner edges of the accordion-like folds I3a are spaced apart, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, so as to provide an axiallyextending passage I immediately underlying and in alignment with the rectangular slot I3b in the closed end of the bag.

A member or bar I4 is provided support by the container I0, and while it could be supported in various ways in the embodiment of the invention illustrated, it is shown as having members I4a extending perpendicular to its sides, which members have downturned ends I4b adapted to fit over the sides of the cover I011. The bar I4 is rectangular in transverse cross section, and the members Ma and MD are at right angles to each other. The bar I4 extends downwardly through the slot id in cover Ifla and passage I30 and from thence downwardly some distance below the bottom flanges IIIb. It will be seen that the bar I4 will be held firmly in position by members Ma.

and MD. Bar I4 is constructed and arranged at its lower end to support a garment hanger I5. While said bar could be variously constructed, it is shown as having an arcuate slot I in one flat side which will conveniently receive the curved hook-like suporting portion I5a of the garment hanger I5. The cover Ina has secured, at its inner side, a flat plate spring I6, of bowed form, the

end portions of which are adapted to engage the topmost bag l3 to exert some pressure on the bags and hold them firmly in position with the lowermost bag engaging the flanges lflb.

In operation, the bags will be folded and disposed as shown the drawing. nwhen a suit, coat, or Tother garment is to be'bagged, it is placed on the hanger "l5 and the hanger then placed in the slot I40, so that it occupies the position shown in Fig. l. The operator now takes hold of the lowermost bag at the ends thereof, engaging the same through the slots I and pulls the bag downwardly. The bag readily moves downwardly through thefopening between the flanges Ito and slides from said flanges, the bag being expanded as it is moved since the folds therein will be successively retarded by the flanges [0b as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The movement is continued-until the entire bag has been drawn from the cont n m e l wx werdlrqre th -ee Imam on the'hanger l5. The bar-lt of course, Le e hr u the a a -Passa en vth :s 'lots" l 3b in all ofthe bags; and the bottom of the bag withdrawn moves along bar Mso that the closed end or bottom will eventually move Lover thehook-li ke supporting portion t a of the hanger l5. ;-The bottom of the bag will then rest on top, of the garment on hanger with the portion 15c projecting through the slot 131). .The garment is now nicely and completely ,covered by the bagwhich has been fully extended; and the covered garment and bag can .be lifted from thebar |;4;by taking'hold of the supporting portion Mia. The bags will move or be feddownwardly in thecontainer ID by the pressure .of spring 15. The cover 40a and mem- ,ber it, together with spring :16, can be convyeniently removed and a new supply of bags .placed in the container.

While I have illustrated .a bag container .having a cover, it is obvious thatthiscover could ,be,omitted and the upper end of the container ,leftopen, without impairing theefiicien cy of the apparatus or the method of its operation. jLikewise, while I have shown a spring for the purpose of feeding the bags to the bottom of the ,container, .a weight could be used to accomplish this purpose with equal effectiveness.

It is also important to note that the anchoring -.o f the bar member M to thecontainer 10 or another object prevents wobbling of the bar and assures lengthwise alignment of the bags with {the hanger member I5. Of further importance is the fact that whenthe hook-like supporting portion a of the hanger 5 is fitted into the arcuate slot I to, said hanger l5 will likewise be .held rigidly in alignment with the bags as they are pulled downwardly and expanded over the -.hanger and garment being supported therefrom.

From the above description, it will be seen that I have provided a simple, convenient, and ellicient method and app ratus for easily and g'uickly covering a suit or other garment or plac- The operation of withdrawing a bag .thereover.

downwardly,

Jen -Jell rectan in ingan open end and -thei1 sl; irt portions folded in accordion pleated z tor m andstacked therein in collapsed and longi- ,departure from the scope and spirit of the invention as definedin the following claims. ;What I .c lairn is:

A garment bagging apparatus comprising in combination a bag dispensing container subhorizontal section hava plurality of bags having tudinally extensible condition with their open endsdirected toward the open end of the container, said containen having bag fold engaging eu th rl w amc fielded 11 .11; .e wl h low m b o -fil e ads.aba e g n ted ten- -.-P -e v-b -s i eon eine amend-men bargat n b yqn h di ensing an Q sar v co taine r and having means therein for rernovably receiving the supporting portion of a garment benefit/hereby th al o rmqstifpldefl J es- Q z st f ba ma Se lrawr d wnward from ai e e einsrm gn ndsradne lv extende th r b e a erpen 9 seid ane nzsaidha h vin e n ure theret a d exte din :t n enees nsg n site n saidiwntai e fo holding said bar in-p A en b in app ra u gqmnrie in combination a container for supporting ;,a l r i f ba hav n the ski t nti n transversely folded at spaced inter; als in collap r d en loneitudinallreatens b fiqrm and in w i S d Xbegs' hatin a i ne irest ted entral openings in their otherwise closed upper e d i a t n aine havin an 99 2 l w r-end with bag fold engaging and supporting flanges-at opposite sides of .the opening, a garment supportingbar adapted to extend vertically through-said container and through the aligned openin g s in said bags and terminating in agar-mer t zhanger supporting means in spaced relation .to the bottom of saidcontainer.

3. The structure defined in claim 2 in which .said garment supportingbaris adapted to beremovably supported adjacent its upper end from said container.

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